Short Stories Occult

The Rules have allowed Andrew Phillips to commit the most heinous of crimes for decades. He meticulously plans and executes kidnappings, murders, and other unspeakable acts to children. No one has ever come close to solving the atrocities he perpetrates every few months. Phillips thinks he's successfully committed the perfect crimes. And then he meets Asher Benson.

"Over the course of a single summer Egan Kulwicki turned 15, fell in love, and got his ass kicked, roughly in that order." A fun adventure short story about summer crushes, yard work, and demonic forces.

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) was a versatile and prolific novelist and playwright, but in The Other Place (1953), he shows an unexpected talent, proving himself a master of the weird tale. In "The Grey Ones", Mr. Patson visits a psychiatrist after he becomes convinced that a race of demons masquerading as men are plotting the overthrow of the human race...but what if he's not insane? In "Guest of Honour", a banquet speech becomes a horrifying affair when the keynote speaker realizes his audience is made up of monstrous and menacing creatures.

The events of the story occupy a single June day in post-World War I Central London, as wealthy and fashionable society hostess Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party she is to give that evening. Through her thoughts and memories, the voices of others who have touched on her life and will attend her party, Virginia Woolf shows her genius as a writer who is both accessible and popular.

The piano was a gift, a symbol of enduring love, but from the moment she began playing it, Melody's nights became filled with terrifying visions. Visions of an ancient city in ruins where the streets run red with blood and winged creatures watch lustfully from high above. Visions of murder, betrayal, and madness. She knows that her night terrors are inextricably entangled with the piano and its troubling history, but she must keep playing...searching for that one melody that will quiet the haunting voice that threatens her very sanity.

Max receives a piece of his mother's funerary jewelry and realizes that he now has the power to touch certain objects and relive their owner's last moments. But exactly how far will he need to go to reach divinity? This audiobook includes the original short story, as well as an essay about the origins of the idea for this tale.

That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. The hideous children - Want and Ignorance - beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts. Best-selling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.

Here are 23 terrifying tales, dark reflections of the silver screen from both sides of the camera. James Dean gets a second chance at life and death. The Wicked Witch is out of Oz, and she's made some very unlucky friends. When God decides reality needs an editor, what and who gets cut?

A young man’s attempts at breaking parole end in a night of horror. A child realizes that his Christmas gift might be a lot more sinister than he originally thought. An editor unveils his client’s sinister plan to cleanse the world of all evil. And a woman’s walk home is accompanied by a strange presence that promises a gruesome end. Scare Street’s authors Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, and A. I. Nasser come together to bring you some of the most horrifying short stories in a single collection.

The Smiling Men: once the face of friendly law enforcement, now brutal enforcers for the conniving Arch Pastor Michael and his equally twisted comrade, Lady Penelope. As Michael and Penelope use these enhanced super soldiers to crush the populace of Britain into submission, one man prepares to unleash the end of the Smiling Men...maybe even the end of the world. For the world stops when the Smiling Men cry.

A short story regarding author Ryan Skinner's possible encounter with a werewolf next to Skinwalker Ranch. I met with Roland, a local Native American Ute, who claims he was an eye witness to a close encounter with a supposed "Skinwalker" entity. Roland provided me with directions to a secret cave, a cave he claimed housed these mytical creatures. I followed up on that lead, and here is my shocking story.

All 26 fiendish tales from the best-selling series, A-Z of Horror, by Iain Rob Wright. From neighbourhood yetis to military robots, this terrifying collection has it all and will leave you sleeping with the lights on!

In this collection, 15 writers try to find answers to how we can truly know each other; on the way, they find psychedelic worms, supernatural roommates, new dimensions and the deeply rooted question of how to know even ourselves.

From best-selling horror author Lee Mountford comes a terrifying short story collection that is certain to chill the blood. These short stories are guaranteed to have you sleeping with the light on. Dive into the perfect entry point to Lee Mountford's dark and twisted universe. An abandoned hospital that isn't as empty as it first seems. Two police officers pay a visit to an old industrial unit...and walk right into hell. A mysterious box that brings with it a terrible secret. A strange farm with an insidious past. These are some of the stories you'll find in this collection.

At the end of our days we will most likely lie for eternity in the cemetery or graveyard. Many of these, now wreathed in time, have a romance and overgrown beauty as nature keeps and shelters the dead. For our varied and talented authors, a major theme, or indeed character of the stories in this volume is that very location, and how they weave it into their narratives is both fascinating, enlightening and a wonderfully distinct way of telling classic short stories.

Manche Begegnungen sind mehr als zufällige Ereignisse. Einige verändern uns für immer. Andere ziehen uns hinab in die tiefsten Abgründe und verursachen pure Angst, Panik und Entsetzen. Sie bringen unser Verständnis der Realität ins Wanken. Eine junge Frau hat unbewusst eine dunkle Präsenz in ihr Leben gelassen. Das Weltbild eines Physikers wird durch unfassbare Erlebnisse erschüttert und auf den Kopf gestellt. Nicht nur die Passagiere eines Fluges werden mit Dingen konfrontiert, die der Verstand kaum begreifen kann.

Short Story Press Presents Lies We Tell One Another by Don Codner. A woman that was living a normal, mundane existence with her fiancé is thrust into a world that she isn’t equipped to deal with. Her life is shattered, and she must pick up the pieces with the help of a strange man who appears in her room.

The shadows hold more than just darkness; they hold true terror. Mythos from Beyond the Veil is a collection of stories that explore the darkest corners of the human psyche and the other worldly horrors that lurk just beyond our sight. You'll encounter a relentless supernatural entity in some of the dread-filled tales. But not all is despair. A few fantasy-driven stories offer a glimpse into other realms and the quests they contain. If you're a fan of classic weird fiction and dark fantasy, in the vein of Lovecraft and Howard, prepare to be captivated by a journey into the unknown.

My Gran used to say, “There are times when the only way out is a lead pill.” These are stories when things got that bad. A Lead Pill is the second collection of short stories from a hard place. Stories of loneliness and betrayal, of false hope and shattered dreams, of gifts and regrets, of love and accidental kindness. Each story follows separate paths that lead to the understanding that sometimes, the only solution is a lead pill.

This book features four short stories of horror, occult, and the paranormal.